Sunday, August 05, 2007

RV Camping - Today's Call of the Wild

“People have always camped... usually because they had to, sometimes because it was fun,” said Mark Rogers, who owns 1/2 Mile Ranch in Lake Luzerne. “Today, people mostly camp because they like it.”

Recreational camping itself, however, has also undergone something of a transformation over the last few decades.

“In our first year, it was nothing but tent campers,” said Noelani DeRossett, whose family has owned Lake George Schroon Valley Resort in Warrensburg for 14 years. “Now, it’s going the other way.”

“Tents are probably one-third of my business and RVs are probably two-thirds,” said Rogers, who owned a campground in New Jersey for nine years before reopening the previously closed 1/2 Mile Ranch this summer.

“The biggest obvious change is in the size of the trailers. It’s gotten to be ridiculous,” said Tina Fitzgerald of Mt. Kenyon Family Camping Resort & Horseback Riding in Lake George. “Forty years ago, when we opened, there was no such thing as a 45-foot trailer with a washer, dryer and air conditioning.”Full Story...---RV CAMPGROUND BASICS. There are an excess of 14,000 campgrounds available to go camping and Author Mark Polk explains the differences of public, private, membership parks, National parks etc. He also addresses How to find a park; All about campground directories and where to buy them; What to expect in each category, Campground etiquette; Reservation policies and much more. For more info go to Mark's Website